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Murphy’s Laws
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Authority tends to assign jobs to those least able to do them.
Cornuelle's Law
Murphy’s Laws
People
Work
Authority
Successful research attracts the bigger grant which makes further research impossible.
Parkinson's Law of Medical Research
Murphy’s Laws
Research grants
All laws are basically false.
Larkinson's Law
Murphy’s Laws
Law
The farther away from the entrance that you have to park, the closer the space vacated by the car that pulls away as you walk up to the door.
Berson's Corollary of Inverse Distances
Autos
Murphy’s Laws
Distance
Parking
A consultant is someone who, when hired to find out what time it is, borrows your watch to find out.
Rodriguez's Observation
Money
Murphy’s Laws
Consultants
Watch
When the product is destined to fail, the delivery system will perform perfectly.
Boyle's Laws - 2
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Things
Products
The theory is supported as long as the funds are.
Alan's Law of Research
Murphy’s Laws
Research
Theories
People will accept your idea much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.
Comins's Law
Ideas
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
Benjamin Franklin
David H. Comins
The lights are most likely to come back on at the precise moment you find the flashlight.
Solomon Short
David Gerrold (1944 – ) science fiction author
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Electricity
Flashlight
An object will fall so as to do the most damage.
Selective Gravity Law
Murphy’s Laws
Things
Damage
The length of debate varies inversely with the complexity of the issue.
Knowles's Law of Legislative Deliberation
Murphy’s Laws
Time
Debates
Surprise is an event that takes place only in the mind of a commander.
A Murphy's Military Law
Military
Murphy’s Laws
One cannot make an omelette without breaking eggs – but it is amazing how many eggs one can break without making a decent omelette.
Issawi's Law of Frustration
Murphy’s Laws
Eggs
Omelettes
Never read any book in which the author’s name appears in gold or silver on the cover.
Gove's Law of Gaudy Book Covers
Books
Communication
Murphy’s Laws
Reading/Writing
Author
Cover
When in doubt, predict that the present trend will continue.
Merkin's Maxim
Murphy’s Laws
Trends
If you’re feeling good, don’t worry… you’ll get over it.
Boling's Postulate
Health
Murphy’s Laws
Optimism
If you knew what you were doing you'd probably be bored.
Fresco's Discovery
Murphy’s Laws
Boredom
Competence
Experience enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
F. P. Jones's Creed
Mistakes
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Experience
How to locate the slow-moving traffic lane or check-out land: Get in it.
Sprehe’s Discovery
Murphy’s Laws
Christopher Sprehe
Every solution breeds new problems.
Murphy's Second Corollary
Murphy’s Laws
Problems
Solutions
Anyone taken as an individual is tolerably sensible and reasonable – as a member of a crowd, he at once becomes a blockhead.
Schiller's Dictum
Fools
Individuals
Intelligence
Murphy’s Laws
People
Crowds
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